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Rolfslake Wednesday Open 19th May 2010.

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The Cartel Fight Back episode 2.

Firstly i would like to thank all my fishing buddies for their kind birthday wishes as it was my birthday down on the lake yesterday. In a dream that i had a few days earlier i was to catch carp after carp on my birthday and not only win the match but i was to beat all the cartel members { Bennett, Powell and Lane } and my Nemesis Jeff Edwards and Paul Jay, so one out of five was not be considered a good days fishing.

As we waited for the draw to commence i could see the pleasure anglers catching along the car park bank on the small lake so this was looking promising for a good days fishing, and as a nice suprise John and Paul had decorated the lawn mower with a happy birthday sign , a birthday candle on top {not good on a petrol mower} and the keys to have a ride around the lake {they certainly know how to push the boat out}.

As the draw took place i was hoping to draw the car park bank from pegs 26 to 32 and as i opened my hand lucky peg 7 was in it leaving John Bennett the last peg and with it newly pruned peg 9, so i was going to receive plenty of abuse from him and also Phil Powell on peg 6 brilliant.

As the all in was called i was into a fish straight away on my 12 metre line but this was to be a false dawn as i managed to perfect the art of foul hooking fish for the first two hours, and from were i was i could see the anglers on the car park bank all catching so hopefully a good bagging day was awaiting us. Phil Powell on peg 6 was tying with me for the first two hours then his up in the water roach line all of a sudden turned into a carp line and he just pulled away from me bummer !.

As i was restricted with my view of the match all i can tell you is that the winner of todays match was Mick {David Guest} Lane who was to be spoilt for choice on peg 16 on the motorway bank. Today Mick fed three lines, one to his right one to his left and one a little further straight out. Mick fed pellet and was fishing with paste as hook bait and he tells me that the carp were up on the silt bank very quickly today but he had to resist the temptation to go on it early as if he spoked one early they might of disapeared, so a combination of fishing the two margin swims kept the fish coming. At the end of five hours Mick had caught fish to 15lb in his final weight of 191-08 and only one fish off the double ton but at least he got his name on the peg kings board { well done Mick }.

Todays winner Cartel member Mick Lane.

In second place and on a good run of form was Pat Pritchard who was fishing current form peg 26 on the car park bank. Pat today was having a real ding dong battle with Liam Barry on peg 28 and after catching fish for fish on shallow rigs Pat decided to add more sections of pole to fish further out and by doing so stole the fish away from Liam which managed to keep him ahead. Pat used banded pellet as hook bait feeding regular to keep the fish active and after an enjoyable match put 182-08 on the scales and only one fish off victory.

Completing the frame and getting very close to his fish as he played them in my peg was Phil Powell on small lake peg 6, who started off fishing on the bottom with pellet switching to up in the water fishing at depths between 2 and 4 feet and ended up fishing the margins with paste { god Phil is good }. Phil caught fish to double figures from both his shallow and edge pegs and ended with 170-04 and only three fish off victory.

The amazing thing about today during the weigh-in was the amount of anglers happy to see me fail today especially the Cartel and Paul Jay as they kept reminding me every time someone beat me. Also today i found out that Jeff Edwards needs more maths tuition as he certainly can’t count because he told me he was struggling with about 85lb only to end up with 144-02 and another place down the line i went. The person that was giving me the most stick was John Bennett followed by Paul Jay but as John was fishing flyer peg 9 i was always going to struggle against him put i smashed Pauls weight to leave him second last after his victory last week.

The new visiting anglers had a great day and promised to return, and just as the terminator would say I WILL BE BACK to battle again against the Cartel in my quest to be one of the first anglers to top 400lb this year. The score now stands at John Bennett 4 me 2 so until our next report tight lines Eddie and Simon.

Results
Position Name Peg Weight Method Sponsor
1st Mick Lane 16 191-8 Paste ML 1 down the right edge Rolfslake
2nd Patrick Pritchard 26 182-8 Shallow 14.5 mtrs Rolfslake
3rd Phil Powell 6 170-4 Shallow, Paste down the edge Rolfslake
4th John Bennett 9 167-8 Pellet, paste . Rolfslake
5th Malc Doyle 14 164-4   Jinx league
6th Liam Barry 28 163-4 Pellet shallow. Rolfslake
7th Gary Haisman 4 160-8 Banded pellet right hand edge. Bag-Up Angling.
8th Geoff Edwards 13 144-2 Pellet, paste right hand edge Reading Angling Centre
9th Mick Jones 22 142-8 Meat. Rolfslake.
10th Rich Lovering 32 141-8   Rolfslake.
11th Eddie Taylor-Green 7 120-8 X4 paste, 8mm banded pellet Rolfslake / Walker Floats.
12th Mark Ponting 18 118-4   Rolfslake.
13th Paul Jay 24 82-0 Pellet ,paste . Rolfslake.
14th Steve Barker 8 48-0 Bush to the right. Rolfslake.

2 new Peg Kings after this Match.

  • Malc Doyle on peg 14 with 164-4. Takes over from John Bennett
  • Mick Lane on peg 16 with 191-8. Takes over from Chris Telling

Jinx Series Match 1. 15th May 2010

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Today Rolfslake welcomed Malc Doyle’s Jinx League, in which Malc invites anglers to fish a six match competition with a pairs competition thrown in.

The Jinx league draws anglers from around the country who meet at Rolfslake and continue with their banter from previous matches ,but the only thing they want to avoid is a minxing from Gemma Doyle {the only lady to fish this competition}. As agreed the angler that gets beat has to wear a girly pink fluffy cowboy hat and for this match the honour went to Steve Akal {Steak} much to the amusement of all the anglers and i don’t think he expected the amount of cameras to be brought out for this most not wanted occasion.

Today the match was separated into three sections small lake, front bowl by the hut and back bowl at the end of the big lake so each of the anglers could see their rivals and keep tabs on who was catching. Another feature of the match was the anglers viewing the peg kings board by the tree and with most pegs in play today the chance to see your name on the leader board was an attractive proposition.  As the match started on a sunny day i expected the anglers to empty the lake as it was a near perfect day sun ,no wind and fish cruising all around which is normally a good sign for catching.

Today John decided to take Pauline out for the day so he left me in charge but with these anglers in particular he had not need worry as they are a brilliant bunch of guys and girls and always abide by the rules and the only person i had to tell off today was Rolfslake regular Paul Jay {Paul was invited for this match only} who was threatening to catch some fish but i had need not worry as he managed to lose most of them.

From where i was sitting i could see most of the anglers in the big lake and within 10 minutes of the match both my web partner and his girl friend Gemma were both into fish and both lost them after a couple of minutes. Around the lake anglers were picking off the odd fish but it was not frantic by any means, except for Simon on peg 26 who was fishing shallow and using boilie as hook bait and was catching by swinging and slapping his rig on the water to entice the fish.

The dreaded thing happened after 50 minutes when Gemma on peg 29 hooked a carp on banded pellet and with most of the anglers praying for her to lose it played it out and slipped the net under a 12-04 carp and also made her peg Queen for peg 29 { well done Gem}.

Dave Moore on peg 13 was catching a few fish on paste , with Malc giving everyone an hours head start after stepping on his number four section and coming to the shed to repair it with only a hacksaw and a spanner for tools which weren’t much use.

In the small lake Geoff Palmer was putting a very good bag of fish together on barren peg 37 and after 3 hours was walking around the lake taking photo’s after already catching 60lb and making the peg king board {well done Geoff}. Elsewhere in the lake both Ant and Slim Shady on pegs 7 and 2 where catching a few on long poles fished on the deck so at least 3 good weights were coming from this area.

As the anglers approached the last hour Simon had abandoned his edge swim as the long shallow line was getting him plenty of fish although he had to keep adjusting the depth to keep the fish coming and there were plenty of doubles ready to grab his boilie hookbait and even John Hatch from peg 27 was catching on the pellet waggler trying to steal some of Simon’s Fish. In the last hour i convinced / persuaded Gemma to try paste so i got some of my X4 from the car to see if it would help her and after a few bites caught two more carp and missed several bites so at least it got he closer to a few more anglers and maybe a few more minxings.

Dai Thomas with a lovely 15lb common.

Just to test my X4 theory i gave Steve Akal some and as he had caught nothing it was never going to hurt, and in the last two hours managed two carp and lost a couple but at least save a blank.

As Malc called time it was apparent that Rolfslake had fished hard today but the anglers still had a fun time even with all the abuse being hurled around the lake. As i helped with the weigh-in it was easy to see Simon had won the day with a great weight of 156-00 {well done Si} but the the minxing was definitely on for quite a few of them, and Gemma’s biggest scalp was hopefully going to be Pete {mugger} Morton as the rest thought he would look great in pink brilliant.

Today's winner Simon Mound.

As the anglers packed away their gear away the only bit of business that had to be done was the handing over of the dreaded hat and with that choice going to Gemma it was decided much to everyone’s delight that the next suspect was going to to be Pete Morton Sorry Pete.

Now for the role call of Minxed anglers.

Nick W-P, Paul Dolby, Terry, Mick Lenton, Al Loader, Steve Steak, Dave Webster, Steve Wilson, Pete Morton, Paul Roberts, Dave Collier, Marcus Burgess.

Well done Gemma.

The Minx Gemma Doyle

Mugger Morton

I can’t wait until round two tight lines Eddie. And thanks Malc and the guys and Gemma for a fun Day.

Simon’s report on the day… Click Here

A Section
Name Peg Weight
Ant Haywood 7 126-8
Slim Shady 2 100-12
Geoff Palmer 37 87-0
Mitch Auger 6 44-8
Nick W-P 8 21-0
Paul Dolby 38 20-0
Terry 40 16-0
Mick Lenton 4 12-4
B Section
Name Peg Weight
Dai Thomas 32 99-4
Dave Moore 13 65-4
Malc Doyle 9 51-0
Tony Roberts 10 45-8
Gemma Doyle 29 33-4
Al Loader 11 31-4
Steve Steak 30 17-0
C Section
Name Peg Weight
Simon Mound 26 156-0
Paul ‘ringer’ Jay 15 55-0
John Hatch 27 51-12
Clive Pritchard 24 51-0
Dave Webster 14 31-8
Steve Wilson 18 31-4
Peter Morton 21 20-0
Paul Roberts 23 18-4
Dave Collier 17 8-4
Marcus Burgess 19 2-4

Feltham Piscatorials Society Club Match 9th May 2010.

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Today Rolfslake welcomed the anglers of Feltham Piscatorials Society to the lake, and a eager bunch of anglers were eager to experience a good days fishing with hopefully a few personal bests and a chance of victory. The day today was a cool start with it getting warmer during the day but more importantly the wind had died down from yesterday which normally helps putting a big bag of fish together.

John tells me there were only 13 anglers fishing today as the remaining anglers were fishing a team competition, but the anglers were going to get a bit of space today as the whole of the lake was in use ,and with big weights coming from most of the pegs {look at our peg king Board for the current top weights on each peg} a chance of a big weight is defintely on.

The winner today was Gavin Millis on peg 8 and Gavin decided to fish long across ,which is a good 16 metres and normally quite difficult to do, and was rewarded with plenty of fish. Gavin fished the hard pellet feeding pellet and he caught fish to double figures in his final weight of 194-00 and goes top of the club match winners board {well done Gavin}. In total the anglers caught 4 ton weights with fish to be caught for all the anglers in what John tells me was an enjoyable match for the club.

Results.

Place Angler Peg Weight
1st Gavin Millis 8 194-00
2nd Peter Styles 24 129-14
3rd Malcom Stanniford 7 123-00
4th Paul Stanniford 16 107-00
5th Norman Dunne 2 87-14
6th Dave Sinclair 22 83-12
7th Steve Harriett 4 78-04
8th Alf Burt 40 67-06
9th Jamie Burt 13 64-06
10th Tom Stevenson 10 31-00

Club Results top 10.

Place Angler Peg Weight Club
1st Gavin Millis 8 194-00 Feltham Piscatorial Society
2nd Dean Elliott 16 139-00 A.E.C Angling Club
3rd Carl Jefferies 13 108-04 Atomic Angling Club
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Rolfslake Open Match. 8th May 2010

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Only 10 turned up today for the match as the weather was quite poor. Drizzle all day and a Cold blustery N/E wind going across the lake making presentation very tricky today.

Today match winner Ramsay King fishing from peg 4 had started in the margins and was finding it tricky so cast out on the tip rod with punched meat and never looked back. He also beat his personal best match weight by more than 70lb. A big well done to Ramsay King. He also gets Peg King for peg 4 and almost takes the lake king title.

The rest of the weights round the lake are quite spread out. John Bennett fishing peg 21 lost a 18lb+ carp on the whistle costing him the section, unlucky John.

Today’s Results
Name Peg Weight
Ramsay King 4 258-12
Dave Whiteman 7 163-0
Robby (Ginger) 8 102-0
Chris Loveridge 19 100-2
John Bennett 21 92-4
Doug Richardson 14 89-0
Adam 13 88-4
Jamie Gilland 9 85-8
Kev Doulton 18 65-8
Barry Parker 16 46-4

Hope the weather picks up for next week for the Wednesday open and the Jinx Series which starts next Saturday.

No Open match next week because Starting next Saturday (15th May) is Malc Doyle’s Jinx series. 20 anglers battle through a series of 6 matches (plus one bonus night match) at Rolfs Lake. All the anglers have a few aims, mainly beating their matches weights and PB fish but mainly NOT getting Minxed by Gemma Doyle.

Anyone getting MINXED this year will be treated to having to wear this hat for the next match. With the amount of camera’s around the lake it’s something no man would want 😀 Steak (Steve Akal) has the honour of wearing the hat for the first match as he got beat by Gem at the Maggotdrowning.com fund raiser match at Lindholme Lake 😀

Reports for these matches will be appearing on here so check back next week for all the gossip.

Thanks for reading, Si and Eddie.

Rolfslake Open Saturday 1st May 2010.

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Report to follow.

Place Angler Peg Weight Bait
1st Jon Walker 30 238-00 Pellet / Paste Rolfslake / Walker Floats
2nd Mark Bedford 4 223-08 Hard Pellet Rolfslake
3rd Paul Jay 8 164-04 Pellet / Paste Rolfslake
4th Dave Moore 7 163-04 Paste Jinx League
5th Pete Arnold 22 163-00 Rolfslake
6th John Bennet 13 140-04 Rolfslake
7th Earnie Malyon 9 116-00 Rolfslake
8th Mick Jones 32 115-06 Rolfslake
9th Andy Chandler 24 100-08 Rolfslake
10th Chris Waters 18 90-00 Rolfslake
10th John Hague 16 90-00 Rolfslake
12th Steve Wilson 28 62-12 Rolfslake

4 new peg kings after this match..

Jon Walker     30     238-00
Mark Bedford     4     223-08
Paul Jay     8     164-04
Mick Jones     32     115-0

Rolfslake Wednesday open 28th April 2010.

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Another Wednesday another Rolfs lake bagging session, and as the anglers waited for the draw to commence it was nice to see two of Rolfslake’s top anglers return to the open scene in Jeff Edwards and Ginger aka Micheal Jones.

Normally when Jeff and i am at the lake we normally draw next to each other and today was no different, because i drew peg 26 on the car park bank and Jeff drew peg 24  and as i was waiting for my regular beating from him or was i going to prove to him that my fishing was improving. As for the rest of the anglers John Bennett had drawn flyer peg 18 in the corner, Ginger had drawn peg 13 in the bay and the Judge had drawn peg 32 by the hut with the rest of the anglers scattered around the lake.

With the day starting off sunny with a brisk breeze blowing from the south with a possibility of rain ,the anglers set off to their pegs in hope that the recent good weather would kick start the fish into feeding well, but as they know the sun does not always mean good fishing ,but would today be any different ?. With the match start time being 2pm these midweek matches normally take a while to get going and today for most anglers this was the case except for John on 18 and Ginger on peg 13 who were into fish quite quickly and started to pull away from the rest. After about two hours around the lake i could see more anglers starting to catch carp from all pegs with the motorway bank providing most of the action, but after the third hour it was as if someone turned on a switch as all the car park swims came to life because at one point i could see 5 anglers playing carp at the same time which included me for a change. As the match reached the final hour the carp were really switched on as everyone started catching and i could see the results being really close as there were more and more anglers running up to the scales to weigh their fish {all fish over 10lb have to be weighed straight away} which normally means they are bagging.

Ginger

Todays winner and just ahead of the chasing pack was the Midlands maestro Ginger on peg 13 who put on a real good demonstration of catching long down the edge {16 metres down to peg 12} and short range fishing to his right. Ginger was fishing the banded pellet fished on the deck on both lines but when the wind died down and the sun was out he had to fish the long line due to the sun being in his eyes. As the match went on he was able to catch to the first bush to right and was rewarded with fish to 15-12 in his final weight of 229-12 {well done Ginger it was nice to see you back }. In second place was my nemesis Jeff Edwards who was slow at catching fish on the long pole but a change to the 7 metre line fished with paste brought his swim to life and towards the end was flying catching fish to 13lb in his final weight of 199-04 and just one small skimmer off the double ton [thanks for another beating Jeff and welcome back}. Completing the frame was Rolfslake owner John Bennett who has been stuck on peg 18 for a few weeks and today made all that knowledge count as he fished at a range of 5 metres straight out in front, fishing on the deck and using paste as hook bait but feeding quite a lot of bait to keep the fish there. As is usual on this peg at about 5 o’clock as the sun goes down it beams straight into you eyes and this slowed the fishing down for John as he could not see his float { i felt sorry for him } and this stopped him also weighing the double ton as he weighed 188-12.

As for me i had another of those days as i had forget not only my X4 paste ,i also had lost my cap so i had to wear my bandana so as not to burn my head like last week, much to the amusement of the other anglers as they kept calling shiver me timbers and where’s me parrot and your going to walk the plank which was a bit much after 5 hours.

Eddie bagging on paste . Photographs by Malc Doyle thank you.

I started off on the 6 metre line with lots of foul hooked fish and lots of bubbles fizzing from the swim but no fish for the net. I was also feeding heavy the edge swim to my left to try and bring a few fish closer for later on in the match. With no X4 paste to fish with i made a batch down on the lake which just did not work very well and also with a damaged number 4 section on my pole i was rushing everything and spoiling what should of been a good day. As Malc on 28 Jeff on 24 were giving me a thrashing i was wondereing what to do next just as my float burried and another fish was heading for the snags which eventually broke my float and rig. On searching in my bag for another float i could not believe my eyes as my X4 paste was at the bottom of the bag ,so with a new rig on and the paste i went down the edge and in the last two hours  was rewarded with big fish to 18-08lb and lots of good bites. My only motivation was to try and catch up with John on 18 as he was about 70lb in front of me and after 5 hours i was just 5-12 short with my weight of 183-00, but a very enjoyable end to the match.

Just a small fish on X4 paste, thanks to Malc Doyle for the photo's.

The score against me and John is           John 3 – Eddie 1 roll on next week.

Place Angler Peg Weight Bait
1st Ginger 13 229-12 Banded Pellet Smithys
2nd Jeff Edwards 24 199-04 Paste Bio Fuel
3rd John Bennett 18 {flyer} 188-12 Paste Rolfslake
4th Eddie Taylor-Green 26 183-00 X4 Paste Rolfslake / Walker Floats
5th Malc Doyle 28 147-14 Pellet Jinx League
6th Russ 9 127-08 Pellet Rolfslake
7th Dai Thomas 16 104-02 Pellet Jinx League
8th Mike Stimpson 32 100-04 Pellet Rolfslake
9th Paul Jay 14 76-08 Banded Pellet Rolfslake

3 New peg kings after this match.

Ginger     13     229-12
John Bennett     18      188-12
Mike Stimpson     32     100-04

Well done.

The lake is fishing well at the moment with pellet and banded pellet catching good bags of fish, and although paste is still a bit too early for the fish there are still bags to 200lb to be caught.

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